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Franklin College is a hub for research, scholarly achievement and global reach in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Its nationally known faculty are frequently recognized for their research impact, while fostering entrepreneurial thinking among their students that helps shape each student’s educational journey. Our students are known for their innovative and creative ambitions and pursue them to their fullest extent here at the College. Upon graduation, they join the Franklin network of more than 100,000 worldwide, who lead in their respective fields and frequently share their experiences and knowledge in the UGA classroom. Read more about our faculty, students, alumni, and initiatives in the College below.

Throughout the course of the 20th century and increasingly so now in the 21st, women are playing a much more prominent role in society. Whether you view this as finally just or only an indication that our society still has a great distance to travel to achieve gender equity, some perspective on… Read Article

The word 'diaspora' has as its origin a Greek word meaning "scattering." It has come to refer to a scattered population with a common origin from a small geographic region. Africa, as the single largest geographic region in the world, has a very large dispersed population, both of a voluntary… Read Article

In our contemporary campus culture, broadly construed, developing a well-rounded general education can be quite elusive. Though a broad educational experience is a perennial touchstone in strategic plans and commencement speeches alike, pressures for more narrowly defined jobs and career paths… Read Article

On a campus with the size, age and history of the University of Georgia, it's imperative to have the right technological tools to tell, share and explore that history. Without a doubt the best technology for this task continues to be a couple of hundred [50-pound, 400 ppi (pages per inch) cream… Read Article

This year's Spotlight on the Arts kicks off later this week, and in the interest of helping you navigate the tremendous volume of events happening all over campus, here are the events that are most fine-and-performing-arts-centric, in the opinion of your humble Chronicles blog:

The Lamar… Read Article